I have a need to watch a log file for changes. After looking through stackoverflow questions, I see people recommending watchdog
. So I’m trying to test, and am not sure where to add the code for when files change:
import time from watchdog.observers import Observer from watchdog.events import LoggingEventHandler if __name__ == "__main__": event_handler = LoggingEventHandler() observer = Observer() observer.schedule(event_handler, path='.', recursive=False) observer.start() try: while True: time.sleep(1) else: print "got it" except KeyboardInterrupt: observer.stop() observer.join()
Where do I add the “got it” — in the while
loop if the files have been added/changed?
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Answer
Instead of LoggingEventHandler
define your handler:
#!/usr/bin/python import time from watchdog.observers import Observer from watchdog.events import FileSystemEventHandler class MyHandler(FileSystemEventHandler): def on_modified(self, event): print(f'event type: {event.event_type} path : {event.src_path}') if __name__ == "__main__": event_handler = MyHandler() observer = Observer() observer.schedule(event_handler, path='/data/', recursive=False) observer.start() try: while True: time.sleep(1) except KeyboardInterrupt: observer.stop() observer.join()
on_modified
is called when a file or directory is modified.